Vincent Van GoghBy: Alex QuinnPeriod: 6

Birth

Born and raised in a small village in the Nether Lands.

He was bon March 30, 1853 in Groot Zundert.He was born exactly one year after his

parents’ first son, also named Vincent.

Childhood, Family

• Oldest of 6 children.• His father and

grandfather were both protestant clergyman.• Three of his uncles

were art dealers.

Education• He was sent to boarding school, he found it a sad, lonely time.

• He was not a good pupil .• He was intelligent but not academically.

Career

He decided to pursue his art and drew miners and their families.

In 1881 his need to paint and draw was beginning to emerge.

He painted his room at Arles.

Important facts• At age 16 he was forced to leave school and get a job

because of his families financial problems• He cut off his ear after his argument with Gauguin

• He went to Asylum

Works/ Inventions• He created a painting called Starry Night while he was living at the Asylum.

• He made 38 self portraits.“Portrait of Dr. Gachet” sold for $82.5 million.

Why remembered

today• He created more then

2,100 works.• Several paintings are

the most expensive in the world.

• Considered the greatest Dutch painter after

Rembrandt

Death

Died on July 29, 1890.He was 37 years old when he died.He died in his brothers arms.

Works Cited

Biography.com. A+E Television Networks, 1996. Web. 15 May 2013.      <http://www.biography.com/people/vincent-van-gogh-9515695?page=1>.

Crispin, Enrico. Van Gogh. Minneapolis, MN: Oliver Inc., 2008. Print.

Vincent Van Gogh. Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens, 2004. Print.